You must read David Dobbs’ incredible story about his mother’s lost love. It’s a masterclass in storytelling. Buy it for the Kindle, iPad or iPhone. It’s cheap; you can thank me later. Also, read his eulogy to his mum, a companion piece to the story.

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Always fun to read your lists. Why wasn’t your Aiden article on it? It was a very inspirational piece. My review committee, years ago, always harped on a specific tract to research–I like his failure/learning/doing approach. Thanks for writing!

I love the “NO aseptic…juices” on the OJ at Mary Carmichael’s link. You have to wonder whether that was intentional, or just some serious miscomprehension on the advertiser’s part? And yes, fully agreed, “chemical-free” is a ridiculous marketing gimmick.

Ah, I do love reading Robert Krulwich’s pieces. He has a way of making things immediately accessible, and that gut bacteria story is still one I’d like to follow.

Incidentally, I keep hearing that there are ten times “more” bacteria cells inside us than actual human cells, and I don’t doubt that, but aren’t our cells much bigger? By weight, aren’t I still mostly human?